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reticular formation

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A composite substructure of the brainstem that consists of the midbrain reticular formation, the pontine reticular formation and the medullary reticular formation ( Carpenter-1983 ). [ ]

Term info

Label

reticular formation

Synonyms
  • brain stem reticular formation
  • brainstem reticular formation
  • reticular formation (classical)
  • reticular formation of the brainstem
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

curator notes

this class denotes the generic structure, and not a specific one such as medullary or pontine reticular formation.

depicted by

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external ontology notes

FMA has a spinal cord reticular formation but we follow NNs (classical) to restrict this to brainstem structures. This means we also include the MA class for brainstem reticular formation here. FMA has subtypes of reticular formation but we treat this as a composite structure

id

UBERON:0002275

taxon notes

It is essential for governing some of the basic functions of higher organisms, and is one of the phylogenetically oldest portions of the brain.